Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-19
AriZnna NIine>.

Arizona Is iu the baby hood cf htI growth, and to- day leads the world la the amount and value of her silver auf copper mines. To stand unrIvalitd I- the face of the stup ndu1us irawbaskz- such as isolation; and more particularly the psralyZing influence of luiisn t-UsI- bles, la truly astonishing. The follow ing are the names f the mines that have done so much ID attracting sttcu- tiOD to Arizona,
 THE COPPER QUEEN MINE iS located m this county. in the Bisbes Mining District, and is now. and hs- always been from the dste of it iiisCOv- cry, about the largest copper producing mine m the known world. The shaT5s of the mine are 25u 01O. the par value of which are SlO per share, thus represent ing capital stock of S2,1uUUO. Jp Co date it has psii nineteen dividends the aggregate of which am runttl to thc handsome figure of S1.31AVm The mine Is now in better condition than tor several year- past, aud Is booming right along. lH August. i~~l. it consolidated with the Atlanta.
 THE SILVER KIyd NINE IS located in Pioneer Distract. Fuai county. There are fifteen huEIrsi feet m the mine. winch are cut into lIg1t. shares, whose par value are SiIu each. thus making its capital stock SlIEH O0O. There has never been au ss.e-s- ment levied on this mine, I. has pad the enormous number ot s-x;y-two dIv- 1ends. the last having been paid on the 18th of December past The tUtal nun number Ot dividends dlsbursed gp to the above date were Sl.S2j,g ,gOU.
 THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINE In Globe District. contains JJ. .tfJ s5ar-s. with a represented par vsiu- o' ST each. Its capital stock is g. ltgu. it seems to keep its business to It-eit, fr- we can in DO way ascertain EnytLIuy relating to its financial con.hton, fur ther than that it ranks high ss a vc4ith producing mine.
 THE UNITED VERDE COFFEE MN IS located in the Black Hills Mining District of Nayapa! county. Its p-.Uci- pal owner IS ex Governor 1utir. It i- divided into 3gJ. OUO shares of SI1 each. thus making its capital stock S3ubaU It Is H non-assessAbie piece oi property. and has pad two dividends, the sum tc- tai of winch was SG7.500.
 THE GRAND CENTRAL MINE. located m Tombstone DistrIc,. is cgt ID into 10000 shares Of Sl0O each. and i-s capital stock IS Sl0,OU0CW Jp c. tls time of it's destruction by hre, a. bod de- clared sixteen diviienGs, amounting t0 SS0O,000.
 THE TOMBSTONE MILL ASD MINING ca. 7 property contains .JgO feet, which ,s divided up into Jo0uaU shares ot a Tsr yRlue of S2J each, winch represents Its capital stock Co be SI25elttu It Is not an assessable piece Of property. and up to the present tune has declared twenty-five diyid ads. amounting sn JDs aggregate tO Sl--0'f@
 THE yrzSs NINE,
 located in the clrY o! Tombstone, x un- a,sessable, fts capital stock Is Sl.Uasi.- OOO. Itis cut uD I1to 2pJ.0uO sharr- ct A par value Cl s2I each. |; he pad divideuds. amounting Co flij.tUu.
 TIE -1NrTSTTCS NINE.
 of Tombstaue District. has grlduesl more money than any of our mines While under the name of the Western i. paid sI4qjUtp ia dividends. Thlz s1s 1p to December lO. 1881. since Tbi-u tirne it has been run under the uGme ef Contention. and has produced under that name SI,l~1.UJ In dividends, uak.nE a grand total far the mine under both names of g. .Jt2,utu lt is divided .u'o 2JO,OO0 shares O: a pRs value of 55i rar1. It's capital stock is l2jO0 uJ0. and has paid twenty dITIdsnts.
 This grand showing Of ArIZn-s.s t-i- den wealth during tte pGs- 'es gse-s holds ont high and alluring hops oi .i- ture greatness. Her vast r--r--a- ai-- pcsiis, which for long syes pss- have re- rnsined concealed, wIi', uu1-' i-' i''e..i- sent guidance otcapItal and eHi -'irn. -'' tend in DO sulall degree f0 swell me c''-- lion production of tle wor-t- it is not even cou,srGed that -hs ulnes ot Ar zons have been i-v-lopvd- The Ern who b-rught them mp c. theIr present standrDg Lave. a- a rule, been poor u,eu. bn. by good management have succeet- ed in securing large profitable returns. TbeTe has been up to date pald by tae mines mentioned m thls r;icle tte enlr- mons suu0f eight million forty thou sand dollars iE dividends. and she Egi- taph looks forward with renewed hopes for sn era of great prusperlty for Asl- z0ns.-TonbstOne Epitaph.